Method of making textile fabrics



Feb. 15, 1938., (j, RQSENSTEIN I 2,108,565

METHOD OF MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS Filed Nov. 12, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet lFeb. 15, 1938 c. ROSENSTEIN METHOD OF MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS Filed Nov.12, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Feb. 15, 1938 PATENT OFFICE METHOD OFMAKING TEXTILE FABRICS Charles Rosenstein, Paterson,

N. J., assignor to Rosenstein Bros., Paterson, N. J., a corporation ofNew Jersey Application November 12, 1937, Serial No. 174,226

1 Claim.

The invention relates to textile fabrics.

The purpose of the invention is the ornamentation of fabrics used fordress material, draperies, millinery and various other purposes.

More specifically, the invention is designed to provide theornamentation of such materials by applying to the materials as anintegral part thereof a surface structure which, when completed,presents a, fringed appearance.

For many years past it has been common practice in the manufacture ofdress goods and other fabrics used for that and other purposes toornament the material or the products fashioned therefrom by sewing orotherwise attaching thereto decorative fringe, tassels or the like. Theapplication of these ornamentations involved considerable time, laborand expense, and the resulting finished material left much to be desiredin the way of smooth and attractive appearance. Moreover, the ornamentalfringe or other decorative material has customarily been applied to thefabric after the fabric was made into the garment or other completedarticle.

Heretofore the use of fringe, tassels and other decorations of thischaracter has necessarily been restricted to plain and/or plain-coloredfabrics, because the placing of such decorations over other fabrics,namely, printed or otherwise decorated fabrics, in the manner describedabove, has hidden parts of the printed design and consequently detractedfrom the ornamental appearance of the completed article to such anextent as to destroy the attractiveness and saleability of the articleas a Whole.

Furthermore although designs have commonly been woven into textilefabric, for example, by Jacquard or other methods, such designs haveheretofore never been woven in such manner as to produce a fringeddesign upon a plain or relatively plain fabric body as a background,either with the fringe formed as an integral part of or attached to thesurface by sewing or other methods.

One of the principal objects of the present invention is to create afabric with a surface having a fringe-like appearance.

Another object is to produce a fabric having a fringe-like surfaceapplied in the course of and as the result of a method by which thefringe is formed as an'integral part of the body of the fabric.

Another object is the provision of a method of forming a textile fabricwith a fringe-like surface by which the fringe elements are included asa part of the body of the fabric and are so disposed as to permit theapplication of a design to the fabric surface by printing or other meansbefore the completion of the fringe elements.

These objects are attained by my method and. in the fabric producedthereby, through the in- 5 corporation of float threads on either orboth surfaces of the fabric and the disposition of the float threads insuch manner that, when cut, they will arrange themselves substantiallyagainst the surface of the material and in preferably 10 parallelrelation longitudinally of the warp threads of the fabric. By the use ofthis method the resulting fabric is capable of having any desired designprinted or otherwise applied to its surface before the cutting operationwhich pro- 15 d-uces the ornamental fringe from the float threads, theprinting operation placing the design directly upon the uncut fringesurface as well as upon the remaining portions of the'fabric and notbeing obstructed or interfered with by any interposed fringes or otherdecorations superposed upon the fabric surface. In applying the printeddesign the color effects pass into and through the fringe elements intothe underlying body of the fabric with the result that the same printdesign 25 or parts thereof appear on the fringe and the fabric body, sothat the fringe, by taking the same color as the body beneath it, doesnot hide any part of the design, but, on the contrary, emphasizes thedesign and enhances its appearance.

My method may be used to produce fringed fabric of various weaves, withor without the application of any desired design or designs appliedthereto. While the fringe produced in carrying out the method ispreferably incorporated 35 in the warp of the fabric or in one or moreof the warps of a double warp fabric, it is also capable of being formedin the weft, the invention not being limited to the particular locationof the float threads and final fringe elements in 4 either the warp orthe weft.

The invention, including both the method and the fabric, and its severalobjects and advantages, will be clearly understood from the followingdescription, considered in connection with 45 the drawings, which showcertain illustrative embodiments of the invention. 7

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a Woven fringe fabric embodyingmy invention, in course 50 of production by my method.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the fabric shown in Fig. 1, taken on line2-2 thereof.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the completed fringe fabric.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, taken on line 44 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 of a fringe fabric embodying myinvention and produced by my method, the fabric being of specificallydifferent form from that shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4 taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a View similar to Fig. 3 showing another specific form offringe fabric embodying my invention, and

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view of the surface of a piece of textile fabricembodying my invention and having a design applied thereto by printingor similar methods.

Generally speaking, the method which, in part, constitutes my invention,involves the forming of float threads on either or both surfaces of abody of textile fabric composed of warp and weft threads, and thecutting of the float threads to form fringe elements. As shown in Fig. 1the float threads 3 are preferably formed in one of the warps l of abody of woven textile fabric having a double-warp I, 2, and weft 4. Thewarp in which the float threads 3 occur are interlocked with the weft 4and warp 2 at intervals which may be varied at will dependent upon theparticular design, character or length of fringe to be produced. Afterthe fabric shown in Figs. 1 and 2 has been woven (and printed, if aprinted design is to be applied) the float threads are cut at one end orat any other desired point such as will leave a fringe thread or element3a of sufficient length to, lie substantially against the surface of thefabric generally parallel to and longitudinally of the warp threads.

The specific arrangements of the fringe ele-' ments or threads in Figs.3 and 5, as will be observed, produce fringed fabrics having fringe sodisposed upon their surfaces as to produce different fringe designs and,consequently, different ornamental appearances for the fabric.

By way of illustration of the wide variety of fabrics and/or designs towhich my invention may be applied the fabrics shown in Figs. 3 and 5 areor may be produced by plain or Jacquard weaving, while that shown inFig. '7 is of a different character, and represents an example offringed fabric obtainable by Jacquard weaving only.

The fringed fabric shown in Fig. '7 within the design illustrated isotherwise of the same structure and'produced by the same method as thefabric shown in the other figures of the drawings.

Although I prefer to use threads of cellulose products for my fringethreads, my invention is not limited to the use of threads of anyparticular material, size or weight.

I claim:

The method of forming woven fabric having a fringe-like surface and aprinted design applied to said surface, which comprises weaving warp andweft threads to form a body with a series of spaced parallel floatthreads on a surface of said body and interlocked with said body atintervals, applying a, printed design to the fabric surface and thefloat threads and the portions of the fabric surface underlying saidfloat threads, and cutting said float threads adjacent one end thereofto form fringe attached to the fabric and lying substantially againstthe fabric surface.

CHARLES ROSENSTEIN.

